World Athletic Champs - Lyon France - 8k W50

Well the day was hot , especially compared to home, could have been about 30 degrees. So many countries repressed. There were 3 Aussies in my age group. One I new was very fast and the other on paper was faster than me. My age group was put with the W35 to w50, so we. Were running the young ones and we were the oldest in the race. 4 laps of just short of 2k and the finish shoot.

Gun went off and wow, were they fast, I haven't been doing speed work or racing for years,, so they left me for dead. I was so hot and the course was part shade and part pine trees. A bit of straight stuff and lots of twisting, turning and weaving. By the third lap, I could feel myself overheating but managed to finish the course, not last , probably 92 out of 110 in a time of 43.37 and the other Aussie in my age group, Angela got a silver medal and Dale finished 2 seconds behind me.

BB race was packed, fast and hot. He ran really well and got a bronze medal. Pretty good when you look at the field. So many countries represented and he can now proudly say he is in the top 3 in the world